

How I've Banished Filler Words From My Speech | Joseph Tsar
5 snips Sep 8, 2025
Discover strategies to eliminate filler words and enhance your speech clarity. Learn how focusing on word endings and embracing silences can transform your communication. Understand the significance of valuing your audience for more impactful interactions. Dive deep into the art of rhetoric and the power of language as a tool for connection.
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Process Word Endings
- Focus on finishing the endings of your words to slow down and increase precision.
- Visualize the last letters to give yourself time and reduce filler words.
Practice Embracing Pauses
- Embrace silence and get comfortable with pauses instead of filling them with filler words.
- Practice forcefully extending pauses until they feel natural in conversation.
Why Fillers Exist
- Filler words act as 'crutches' because we fear silence and feel pressured to keep speaking.
- Reframing pauses as advantages turns silence into a conversational strength.